Why PRIDE?

We understand that there are other programs in the area that offer competitive, youth travel lacrosse. You'll see websites use words like "player development", "competitive", and "premier". But what does that mean? The facts are:

1. We spend more time on skill development than any other program. Period. We host more practices year round than any other club. We pioneered and provide weekly performance strength and agility training with sports professionals for ALL teams. We have scheduled Stick and Speed and Stick and Strength training throughout the fall and winter for ALL teams.

2. We believe that strong competition makes us better. We place our teams in competitive brackets to challenge our girls and to get the best out of them. Sure, we play to win, but as your daughter grows up, she won't remember if she went “undefeated” in youth lacrosse. You won't remember either! Your daughter will remember to catch and throw with both hands, how to play effectively with teammates while moving the ball, and how to play both great offense and defense.

3. We emphasize good, team lacrosse. We teach our players to move the ball quickly, to cut through, and to pass to their teammates. We don't teach “run and gun” or “go to goal.” It doesn't work when they get older, and it's just not good lacrosse.

and last, but most important

4. We encourage our players to "show themselves on the field"; smile, celebrate goals with teammates with a fun handshake, and get in the mix! Our players play with PRIDE because they want to play at a high-level while absolutely loving it and we want to provide the environment to do that in.

Other fun and boring statistics about our program include:

90% of our graduating players make their high school varsity lacrosse team as a freshman98% of our graduating players go on to play for the top high school club programs in the areaOur program has a 95% retention rate, meaning our families love playing for PRIDE so much they stay

Boring statistics. All of them. You might be more interested to know things like:

100% of our kids love playing lacrosse95% of our team coaches arefemale.This used to be 100% and then we hired Austin Clark who is a great addition to our coaching staff! Gary Morgan, Goalie Coach, has also been an incredible contributor to our elite goalie training. All of our coaches are focused on being a positive role model while teaching lacrosse.100% of our coaches have playing experience at the highest level

​So really, though. Why Pride?

Because the name of the club alone encourages and excites young girls to wear the PRIDE jersey knowing and respecting the definition of the word.

What people are saying about Pride

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We want you to know how much we appreciate you guys and the job you've done coaching the girls this year. In general, we have all seen the progress the girls are making. In a more personal sense, [she] is happier than she has ever been. Your instruction, communication and playing her in different positions has done wonders for her stick skills and her confidence.

You should also know how much the girls care about you and the other coaches. They love the coaching but just as importantly they love the interaction.

Thanks for everything.

- PRIDE parent, 2015

Thank all of you for the last two seasons of lacrosse. I have coached and been on several dozen teams and believe both the players and the parents have a special chemistry that you can't coach or teach. I refer to this phenomenon as the "it" factor. Many teams desire to have it, very few get blessed with it.Pride has it.

- PRIDE Parent, 2014

Playing for Pride has done so much for [our daughter] – boosted her self-confidence, made her into a leader and helped her learn the value of hard work. I think when she was assigned to the White team in fall she was bit worried because she didn’t know any of the girls on the team and she was still a little tentative after that crazy thumb injury – and playing defense when she historically has played attack. You probably don’t remember this, but at one of the fall scrimmages, you pulled Ellie aside and told her that she was one of the team leaders for White and that you were counting on her to help rally the other girls and set the right example. Just those few words really motivated her – and I don’t think you’ll ever know how much. Thank you!- PRIDE parent, 2015